Mortgage Levels And Takeup

Rics sees rental cost increasing in 2013

RICS: Rents to rise twice as fast as house prices in 2013

The Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (Rics) predicts a 3% rise in the number of transactions in 2013 and that rents will go up by 4% and house prices by 2%.

Rics reports a rise in enquiries from house hunters

RICS: House prices flat as sales edge upwards

The Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors reports that would be buyers are testing the water on potential new property purchases and that confidence is returning.

Homeowners are opting to stay put

CML reports 10% drop in monthly mortgage lending

The Council of Mortgage Lending reports a ten per cent drop in monthly mortgage lending due to a lack of demand in getting a mortgage and remortgaging.

Rics report signals an increase in mortgage inquiries

Rics reports rise in new buyer interest in UK property market

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (Rics) reports in its March UK housing market survey that new buyer interest is rising, partly due to a spring bounce.

Bank of England lending data confirms UK households coy on debt

Bank of England lending data confirms UK households coy on debt

Britons appear reluctant to borrow and eager to reduce their debt in new data provided by the Bank of England.

A Bank of England policymaker, David Lewis, believes home ownership in the UK is set to fall

Home ownership in the UK set to fall, says B of E's David Miles

A Bank of England policymaker, David Miles has said that the proportion of people in the UK who will own their own homes will fall as a result of the financial crisis.

House sales still in decline as sellers drop prices by £20k

House sales still in decline as sellers drop prices by £20k

With house sales still falling, properties are being heavily discounted to entice potential buyers.

New home sales are down in 2011

Land Registry: UK house prices drop by 2.6 per cent in 12 months

The respected Land Registry house price index reveals that prices have fallen by 2.6 per cent in the last year and that sales are being hindered by borrowing difficulties.

Halifax figures show the biggest increase in sales this year has been in Halifax

Halifax survey reveals Bury as UK's top property sales hotspot

Bury led the way in the last six months for property sales, recording a 44 per cent increase in volume compared to last year, new figures have shown.

The CML has reported a rise in mortgage lending in the UK in August

CML reports ten per cent rise in mortgage lending

The Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) reports a ten per cent rise in mortgage lending compared to August 2010 but says lending is broadly stable due to seasonality.

House prices fell by 1.2 per cent, according to the Halifax

Halifax: House prices fall by 1.2% in August

The latest Halifax House Price Index shows that prices in the UK fell by 1.2 per cent, wiping out the gains made in the last three months.

Mortgages with a loan-to-value ratio of 100 per cent were withdrawn by most banks during the financial crisis

The return of the 100% mortgage

Small lender Aldermore bank is offering a 100 per cent LTV mortgage deal, the first that has been launched since the financial crisis

Experts agree that the housing market has been flat in 2011

Will house prices fall during the rest of 2011?

Our latest feature looks at whether house prices are likely to fall, increase or stay the same during the remainder of 2011.

The CEBR says that house prices will increase because supply does not match demand

CEBR report says house prices will rise to record levels by 2015

A report from the Centre for Economic and Business Research (CEBR) says that house prices will rise by 14 per cent by 2015 to reach record levels so that the price of an average house tops £200,000.

Demand for property sales has fallen sharply in 2011, according to Rightmove

70% of homes put up for sale in 2011 remain unsold

Property website Rightmove has revealed that July asking prices for homes for sale have fallen by 1.6 per cent and there is a big discrepancy in asking prices and sale prices.

Activity levels in the UK housing market fell in May, says RICS

UK housing market shows fall in sales in May, says RICS

The latest RICS survey of chartered surveyors shows a slight fall in sales and a lack of interest from potential new buyers in May

Less people were moving home in March 2011

Mortgage lending falls by 60 per cent in March

Figures released today by the Bank of England show that mortgage lending fell by a massive sixty per cent in March confirming that the UK property market faces a tough 2011.

Sales of expensive homes have increased in 2010

Sales of million pound homes rise in 2010

New research conducted by Lloyds TSB reveals that sales of houses valued at over £1 million have increased in 2010 by the fastest rate since 2006.

Data from the CML shows a massive drop in lending

Huge slump in mortgage lending in January

The Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) has released data that shows a 29 per cent fall in the number of loans to buy houses in January from December.

UK property prices are likely to remain flat in 2011

Rics: Property market likely to be flat in 2011

The Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) latest survey of members reveal that house prices were flat in February and are likely to remain so for much of the country in 2011.

Leeds Building Society launch new fixed-rate bonds

Rics: House prices set to fall

Property prices are likely to fall over the coming months, a forecast by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (Rics) has suggested.

Mortgage lending falls in November

Mortgage lending down ten per cent in a year

The Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) released figures yesterday showing that mortgage lending for November 2010 fell to £11.1 billion and predicted that first-time buyers will find it difficult to get a mortgage in 2011.

Less mortgage lending was approved in October

Mortgage lending falls again in October

The Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) has published figures showing a further decline in mortgage lending in October as the end of 2010 came into sight.

Mortgage lending by building societies topped £1.9 billion in July.

Building society mortgage lending tops £1.9bn in July

Gross mortgage lending by the UK's building societies topped £1.9 billion during July, according to the latest figures from one industry body.

Gross mortgage lending topped £13.6 billion during July.

Mortgage lending climbs 5% in July

Gross mortgage lending in the UK rose by five per cent between June and July to top £13.6 billion - but the market is likely to be slow for the rest of the year.

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